A MERSEYSIDE gang alleged to have threatened young Brits into peddling drugs to clubbers in the party resort of Magaluf was busted by police.

Spanish Civil Guard counter-drugs officers claimed the six men recruited workers promoting bars and clubs on the resort’s main strip to sell cocaine and ecstasy pills.

The men were rounded up by Majorca’s paramilitary police force on Friday after officers heard of Brits allegedly being threatened by the men.

Police, who seized ecstasy pills in several bags and a small amount of cocaine, claimed that two knives they found were used to frighten those they enlisted to push the drugs.

A machete, three baseball bats and a mask, along with 1,000 euros (£800) in cash was later seized in a raid of the suspects’ hotel rooms.

The six men were named as James Garrett, 19, Terrence Clarke, 23, Lee Sands, 20, Perry Donnelly, 18, Anthony Pedder, 27, and Liam McGuinness, 19.

They are accused of extortion, issuing threats and possessing small amounts of drugs.

The ECHO understands the men to be from the south Sefton area.

On Wednesday two of the men were held in prison on remand after appearing before an investigating judge at a behind-closed-doors hearing.

The other four were released on “provisional liberty” – a form of conditional bail.

A police statement read: “In the early hours of June 22 several Guardia went to Calle Punta Ballena after hearing of threats made against several workers in the leisure industry in the nightlife area of Magaluf by a group of English individuals.

“After being identified by their victims several were detained.”

In recent years several groups from Merseyside and Manchester have been arrested on the neighbouring island of Ibiza and accused of pushing designer drugs to young British tourists.

A source close to the Spanish Police said gangs “migrate” to the party islands every summer to profit from thrill-seeking young tourists looking for a holiday buzz.

One counter-drugs officer said: “Dealers from the Liverpool area come for the summer season and target fellow Britons.”

A Civil Guard spokesmen said officers had not ruled out more arrests as investigations continued.